Pack 1833, established in 1972, just celebrated 42 years in the Gainesville/Haymarket area!

Pack 1833 serves Mountain View Elementary School in Haymarket, Virginia. We are the original pack in the Gainesville/Haymarket area and welcome boys currently in 1st-5th grades who live in the communities that have Mountain View Elementary School as their base school. If your son goes to a private school in the area or even if they are home schooled, as long as you live in those communities, this is YOUR pack! Current kindergartners can join June 1st at the end of their kindergarten year. Please look around our website and see what cub scouting is all about!!

We already have over 3/4s of our Pack signed up for summer camp!
Still have plenty of room to join us!

Dates are preliminary and subject to change -
check ScoutTracks calendar for final dates/event information
Does not include Den activities or certain activities where a POC
(point of contact) has not yet been identified

The History of Scouting and specifically, Cub Scouting in America!

Scouting's history goes back to the turn of the 20th century to a British Army officer, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell. While stationed in India, he discovered that his men did not know basic first aid or the elementary means of survival in the outdoors. Baden-Powell realized he needed to teach his men many frontier skills, so he wrote a small handbook called Aids to Scouting, which emphasized resourcefulness, adaptability, and the qualities of leadership that frontier conditions demanded.

After returning from the Boer War, Baden-Powell was amazed to find that his little handbook had caught the interest of English boys. They were using it to play the game of scouting. Baden-Powell had the vision to see some new possibilities, and he decided to test his ideas on boys. In August 1907, he gathered about 20 boys and took them to Brownsea Island in a sheltered bay off England's southern coast. They set up a makeshift camp that would be their home for the next 12 days.

They divided into patrols and played games, went on hikes, and learned stalking and pioneering. They learned to cook outdoors without utensils. Scouting began on that island and would sweep the globe in a few years.

Cub Scouting in America is centered in the home and neighborhood. With the encouragement of family and leaders, boys enjoy a program that covers a wide variety of interesting things. It suggests activities that boys enjoy doing on their own when adults are not supervising them. These activities are particularly suited to boys of Cub Scout age and are different from those they will encounter in Boy Scouting.

Meetings, Activities and CAMPING!

Den Meetings: Each Den/Patrol meets at any variety of locations...school, parents rotate hosting at their homes, or other locations in the community. We know how busy our Pack families are…as such, our Den Leaders work around the Den’s collective schedule (sports, music, after school clubs etc.) to ensure maximum participation during our meetings. A den may hold a special activity, such as a service project or visit to a local museum, in place of one of the weekly meetings or in addition to the weekly meetings.

Each Den/Patrol meets at any variety of locations...school, parents rotate hosting at their homes, or other locations in the community. We know how busy our Pack families are…as such, our Den Leaders work around the Den’s collective schedule (sports, music, after school clubs etc.) to ensure maximum participation during our meetings. A den may hold a special activity, such as a service project or visit to a local museum, in place of one of the weekly meetings or in addition to the weekly meetings.

Pack Meetings: The Pack (all the Dens together) meets once per month and typically on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 PM for no more than one and a half hours.

Pack Overnighters: Camping at the Cub Scout level is a family event. As Cub Scouts, the boys are not allowed to camp without parent or guardian. In all Cub Scout camping events, each camper is responsible for bring all of their own camping supplies unless otherwise specified in advance by the campout organizer. Pack 1833 always plans and executes two Pack Overnighters (Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning) each year…one in the Spring and one in the Fall.

Activities: There are plenty of activities each month to choose from and our busy families participate as much as their schedule allows. We typically have 1-2 events; whether it is a service/volunteer opportunity in our local community or some other sporting, social or learning adventure.

Summer Activities: The Pack offers at least one event each month for June, July and August. In addition to summer camp which is described below, we will be participating in the Potomac Nationals Scout Overnight (game then campout in center field) in May and June, graduation party and Raingutter Regatta (racing Scout made balsa wood boats) in June and Pack fishing trip and campfire in August.

Summer Camp: The Pack offers numerous options for Summer Camp from day camp (no overnights) to week long resident camp. For this upcoming summer, we have several options to choose from:

Pack 1883 held its 2015 Pinewood Derby on Saturday, January 10th, 2015

Here are just a few examples of the cars that

Scouts built and raced!

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON for his first place finish!

Service and Volunteer Efforts

Meeting the substantial needs of every community is dependent on its citizens to answer the call of volunteerism. There is a natural fit between the Boy Scouts of America and other community organizations, and service learning is an integral part of the Scouting program. As a result, youth and adults seek opportunities to volunteer. Community organizations need volunteers to help them fulfill their missions, and working with these organizations creates a win/win situation for everyone. In the past year, Pack 1833 participated in the following volunteer efforts:Scouting for Food: Pack families donated over 500 pounds of food to the Northern Virginia Food Bank and some of our Scouts even volunteered at the Bull Run District food sorting and distribution location.Stocking Stuffers: Pack families donated toys and made over 150 holiday stockings.Haymarket Food Pantry: Scouts and parents helped assemble holiday food baskets for the less fortunate.Haymarket Day Clean-up: Scouts and parents helped clean up the city of Haymarket after the all weekend spring festival.
Mountain View Elementary School Spring Clean-up: Scouts and parents reestablished the gardens by trimming bushes, edging, pulling weeds, and mulching the flower beds over Spring Break.